Investment Specialist – Investment Solutions
Job description
Job title: Investment Specialist
Team: Investment Solutions
Location: Any Scottish Enterprise Hub in Scotland (with home working options)
Salary: £48,324 - £55,946
Hours: Full time (35 hours per week) with flexible working options considered
Status: Permanent
Closing date: 11 August 2024
Job ref no: R00551
Be part of building Scotland's future
Scottish Enterprise is Scotland's national and international economic development agency. We work to transform the Scottish economy by helping businesses to innovate and scale, creating high-value jobs, boosting productivity, and growing national wealth.
Join our new team, which sits within our Entrepreneurship and Investment directorate, developing investment-focused solutions and driving growth in Scotland’s most innovative industries.
Work with us to identify opportunities and develop new approaches to releasing constrained private sector capital into our key mission areas.
The role
As an Investment Specialist, you’ll develop an in-depth understanding of the funding landscape in markets relevant to our strategic priorities.
This includes identifying challenges and opportunities where new investment interventions will help drive transformational change. Working as part of a team of Specialists, you’ll assist with the development of business cases for new investment solutions and/or collaborations with stakeholders.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Nurturing relationships with industry, investors, and other stakeholders to understand funding barriers
- Helping identify opportunities and prioritising team activities
- Working with the team to build business cases for new investment solutions and collaborations, articulating the risks and financial rewards at every stage
- Assisting in the direct delivery of investment solutions or collaborations in the market
- Developing networks with external, private, and public sector funders and key industry players to share information and expertise
Who we're looking for
You’ll know commercial funding models, ideally debt and equity, and you’ll be comfortable devising and assisting in the development of new funding solutions.
Importantly, you can assess and interpret financial, market, technical, and economic information and use it to inform your team’s strategic direction. Strong in business development, you can confidently build new networks and relationships and actively raise the visibility of your work at external events.
Your skills, abilities and experience should include:
- An understanding of investment challenges facing companies and industries operating in emergent markets
- Strong financial acumen, with good analytical skills with relevant investment experience
- Effective written and verbal communication, with the ability to present complex propositions assessing opportunities and risks
- Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills
- Experience managing a demanding workload
- A degree or equivalent qualification (SCQF Level 10) and experience in investment, accountancy, banking or finance
Ideally, but not essentially, you’ll also have:
- Sector-specific investment experience relevant to one or more of our strategic priorities
- Well-connected in the Scottish finance and public sector
- Experience of economic development and market creation
How to apply
If you're interested in this role, please complete your application form by 11 August 2024.
Interview dates
- First interviews will take place w/c 19 August 2024
- If required, second interviews will take place at a later date
Life at Scottish Enterprise
As one of Scotland’s Top 10 Flexible Employers, we pride ourselves on empowering our colleagues to work when and where they can best deliver their role in support of our corporate plan.
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Our values
Being part of Scottish Enterprise means being open to new ideas and trying different ways of working. We support each other to reach our full potential. We celebrate shared success and learn together when things don’t go so well. And we always treat each other fairly, with respect and understanding. Together, we are the difference.
Apply now to keep building your future with us
At Scottish Enterprise, we’re proud to celebrate difference. Diversity of experience and thought is vital to the success of our vision for the future of every community across Scotland. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from a wide range of individuals, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender identity and expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
We commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required, not only during the application and assessment process, but throughout your employment with us.
We have the following networks, which are open to all colleagues to help drive inclusion: Disability Positive, Gender Balanced, Multi-Cultural, Multi-Generational and Pride (LGBTQ+).